Computer key that gets you out — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 6 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
ESC
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
October 6 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword October 6 2026
ESC
"Exit full screen" PC key
ESC
3
First key on a PC keyboard
ESC
3
Exit key on a keyboard
ESC
3
"Close this program" key
ESC
3
PC key to get out?
ESC
3
Key found in a corner on your laptop
ESC
3
"Go back!" PC key
ESC
3
PC's "exit" button
ESC
3
"Exit full screen" key
ESC
3
PC key to get out?
ESC
3
Key that exits full screen
ESC
3
Keyboard key you wish you could use in real life when you're stuck in a never-ending meeting at work
ESC
3
Bathroom faucet
TAP
3
Now ___ then (once in a while)
AND
3
"My Big ___ Greek Wedding"
FAT
3
Website address: Abbr.
URL
3
Natural shower from the sky
RAIN
4
Down with a bug
SICK
4
Constricting snake
BOA
3
Helen of ___ (Greek beauty played by Lupita Nyong'o)
TROY
4
"We might be ___ something here!" ("We're getting close!")
ONTO
4
Movie-displaying surface at a theater or the glowing part of a phone ... but in ball sports, the move that frees a teammate
SCREEN
6
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